19Wholesale supply between veterinary hospital superintendents

19 Wholesale supply between veterinary hospital superintendents

19 Wholesale supply between veterinary hospital superintendents

(1) For the Act, section 14(a), wholesale supply of a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance by a superintendent (the supplying superintendent) to another superintendent (the receiving superintendent) is authorised if—

(a) the supplying superintendent receives a written request from the receiving superintendent in the following circumstances—

(i) the receiving superintendent is making the request for the purposes of the treatment of a single animal at a veterinary hospital,

(ii) the supplying superintendent, as far as reasonably practicable, supplies the receiving superintendent with only the minimum amount of the substance necessary for the treatment of the animal, or

(b) the supplying superintendent is returning an equivalent amount of the substance to the receiving superintendent, who had previously supplied the same substance in accordance with paragraph (a)(ii).

(2) The supplying superintendent must not wholesale supply a Schedule 2, 3, 4 or 8 substance under subsection (1) if the written request referred to in subsection (1)(a) is not signed by the receiving superintendent.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(3) The supplying superintendent and receiving superintendent must keep a record of a scheduled substance wholesale supplied under this section.

Maximum penalty—Tier 5 penalty.

(4) In this section—

superintendent means superintendent managing a veterinary hospital under the Veterinary Practice Act 2003, section 67(a).